Journal of Policy Analysis and Management

Smoking, information, and education: The Royal College of Physicians and the new public health movement

Publication typeJournal Article
Publication date2023-07-25
scimago Q1
wos Q2
SJR2.398
CiteScore5.0
Impact factor2.4
ISSN02768739, 15206688
Sociology and Political Science
General Business, Management and Accounting
Public Administration
Abstract

On March 7, 1962 the Royal College of Physicians published a report entitled Smoking and Health that made the causal link between smoking and lung cancer clear and explicit. Using a historical data set that contains information on smoking from 1958 to 1965, I find a decrease in smoking for those with more schooling after the report's publication. I do not find a difference in the effect for those with greater access to information (measured by TV ownership or newspaper readership). This suggests the education health gradient is more likely due to processing of information rather than access to information.

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